* Re: Linux / freeware @ 1998-06-04 19:08 ` Ariel Faigon 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Ariel Faigon @ 1998-06-04 19:08 UTC (permalink / raw) To: rlane9; +Cc: SGI/Linux mailing list : :I'm a SGI at CSC running a network of O2s, O200s and Onyx2s, plus a couple :of Indys and a Challenge S, running 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 on the approriate :hardware, plus 6.5B on one of the Indys. All up about 30 machines, and I :have more or less BOFH level control of them. I've even got a gutless :(R4000SC / 24bit / 32MB) Indy at home that I can explode at will, which :is about to be upgraded from 6.2 -> 6.5B. : : What I was wondering was: is any of the above useful to you for either :the Linux port, or freeware support. I am not an expert C programmer, :but I'm not totally clueless, having ugrad C experience. I'm fairly :advanced at SGI admin and support, and have Linux on PCs at home. I have :fast-ish internet connectivity at work (512kB - which is quick for OZ) :and will have a Linux PC sitting at an ISP shortly. : : I have the full SGI developer kit at work + gcc, with gcc at home, :plus the chunks of IDO required to bootstrap gcc. I can even provide an :Australian WWW mirror if that would be useful. : : I'd be fairly happy to bang my head against a wall trying to get Linux :running on my Indy, and to help with testing IRIX apps under linux. :There seems to be little point porting all the Irix apps to Linux with :the associated licensing probs, when every SGI box comes with the base :OS already. : :------------------------------------------------------------------------- :Richard Lane, System Administrator :CSC Australia - Major Defense Projects - Network Engineering :CSC email: <rlane9@csc.com> :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : [CCing the Linux list] Dear Richard, Thanks for the offers. I'm signed on the web pages because I helped put them up however, I'm swamped with "real" work and am no longer put my time into coordinating the SGI/Linux port. My best advice would be: please subscribe to the mailing list install SGI/Linux on your Indy and communicate your experiences and suggestions on the list. There are about 100 subscribers most of them ouside SGI. -- Peace, Ariel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: Linux / freeware @ 1998-06-04 19:08 ` Ariel Faigon 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Ariel Faigon @ 1998-06-04 19:08 UTC (permalink / raw) To: rlane9; +Cc: SGI/Linux mailing list : :I'm a SGI at CSC running a network of O2s, O200s and Onyx2s, plus a couple :of Indys and a Challenge S, running 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 on the approriate :hardware, plus 6.5B on one of the Indys. All up about 30 machines, and I :have more or less BOFH level control of them. I've even got a gutless :(R4000SC / 24bit / 32MB) Indy at home that I can explode at will, which :is about to be upgraded from 6.2 -> 6.5B. : : What I was wondering was: is any of the above useful to you for either :the Linux port, or freeware support. I am not an expert C programmer, :but I'm not totally clueless, having ugrad C experience. I'm fairly :advanced at SGI admin and support, and have Linux on PCs at home. I have :fast-ish internet connectivity at work (512kB - which is quick for OZ) :and will have a Linux PC sitting at an ISP shortly. : : I have the full SGI developer kit at work + gcc, with gcc at home, :plus the chunks of IDO required to bootstrap gcc. I can even provide an :Australian WWW mirror if that would be useful. : : I'd be fairly happy to bang my head against a wall trying to get Linux :running on my Indy, and to help with testing IRIX apps under linux. :There seems to be little point porting all the Irix apps to Linux with :the associated licensing probs, when every SGI box comes with the base :OS already. : :------------------------------------------------------------------------- :Richard Lane, System Administrator :CSC Australia - Major Defense Projects - Network Engineering :CSC email: <rlane9@csc.com> :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : [CCing the Linux list] Dear Richard, Thanks for the offers. I'm signed on the web pages because I helped put them up however, I'm swamped with "real" work and am no longer put my time into coordinating the SGI/Linux port. My best advice would be: please subscribe to the mailing list install SGI/Linux on your Indy and communicate your experiences and suggestions on the list. There are about 100 subscribers most of them ouside SGI. -- Peace, Ariel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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